Brush or tool holder



(No Mmfiah) G. H. LEWIS.v

BRUSH 0R TOOL HOLDER.

No. 504,452. Patented Sept. 5, 1893.

wi/lmeooeo gvweutoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHARLES H. LEWIS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BRUSH OR TOOL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,452, dated September 5, 1893.

Application filed March 23, 1893.

- means for painting and white-washing, brushing or otherwise treating or operating upon the sldes, walls, ceilings and roofs of houses, and also upon fences, &c., and upon the hulls and other parts of vessels, the surfaces of which are disposed in various relations and angles to each other.

My invention has also for an object the holding of other tools for performing other operations at different angles; and in general my invention has for its object the provision of an adjustable articulated brush or tool holder.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation in one position in full lines, and in two other positions in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 is a part sectional view, out on the line a:-0c, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, out on the line y-y, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a part sectional view, out on the line z-z, Fig. 1.

Similar letters relate to similar parts throughout the several views.

When brushes or other tools are held and used in and by the hand, the hand and arm being articulated, surfaces disposed at any angle may be readily operated upon thereby. When rigidly attached to a pole, stick or long handle, only one surface at one angle can be conveniently operated upon thereby.

My invention extends the benefit s of articulation to a large extent to the end of a pole or staff, whatever its length. 7

S is the staff or rod to and on which the folding, articulated and adjustable holder is secured.

B is the brush, the handle H of which is secured in the link-sleeve clamp L, and either Serial No. 467,266. (No model.)

gripped or loosened at will by the manipulation of the clamping nut wheel W, causing the link-sleeve-clamp L to pinch or grip or release the handle H of the brush B at will. The link-sleeve-clamp L is hinged at one end to the stationary collar 0 andat the other end to the link L. The collar 0 is secured on or to the upper end of the stafi S. The link L is hinged at its other end to the sliding-sleeve-clamp C, which moves up and down on the staff S into djfierent positions, as shown in solid and dotted lines, Fig. 1,being caused to grip the staff and thereby hold all parts, including the brush, in any of the positions shown or in any of the intermediate positions between those shown, by manipulation of the clamping-nut Wheel W. When it is desired to change the position of the parts, it is of course only necessary to release the grip of the sliding-sleeve-clamp 0 from the stafi S, and,.after moving it into the desired position, to turn the clamping-nut wheel W up and thereby cause the clamp to grip the staff again sufficiently to hold the parts in fixed positions, as shown, or intermediate thereto.

In Fig. 1 the brushes are shown in contact with one surface in solid lines, with another at right angles to the first, in dotted lines, and also as folded, in dotted lines. When the sliding-sleeve-olamp O is in its lowest position, as shown in Fig. 1, the apparatus and its parts are in suitable positions for transportation, whether the brush or tool be held in the link sleeve or not.

D and D are pins or screw bolts each having a head on one end and a screw thread on the other,with which last the clamp-nut-wheels W or W engage by means of the female screw thread provided therein, and together the parts constitute a binding screw and nut, or device.

It is evident thatin the different positions and angles at which the brush or other tool may be placed and held, a great variety of surfaces can be reached and operated upon, from any one position of the operator, for the purpose of painting, brushing, oiling, whitewashing, &c.

The particular method of clamping the brush or tool handle and the staff may be varied by the use of well known equivalents without avoiding my invention-as by a ring collar and thumb screw bearing directly or otherwise on the handle or stafi, &c.

I do not desire to limit my invention in, to or by the use of the particular stafi? shown, nor to the particular form, construction or method of operation of the clamps, collar and links shown, as I am aware that they may be somewhat varied in these and other respects and still have, or perform the same functions or operate in the same way, and without avoiding my invention. Especially for the collar, any ordinary device for fixedly or firmly attaching the apparatus to a stafi or handle may be substituted. And for the sliding clamp any known or usual device may be substituted and used to move and at will secure in any desired positions the other movable parts of the holder.

The essential characteristics of the sliding clamp device are that it be hinged or fixedly attached to the lower end of the intermediate link and that it be capable of being, or have means whereby it may be, held at will at different points in its field of movement upon the staff or handle. While it is convenient to make this clamp surround the stafl, it is not essential, as it may be held in fixed relations thereto in a variety of other known ways.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination, a sliding-clamp, a linkclamp, a stationary collar, an intermediate link hinged to the sliding-clamp and to the link-clamp, and a staif, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination, the sliding-sleeve-olamp O, the link-sleeve-clamp L, the stationary collar C, the link L, and the stafi S, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES H. LEWIS. Witnesses:

JAMns A. SKILTON, EDWARD S. BERRALL. 

